The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-07-02

whatever to do with it. All, WELL" ht
murmured, cheerfully, 'all three Of them
will soon be in the hands Of justice, and one
of them is necessarily the criminal"
"When the conductor was brought before
him, the examining magistrate asked hinn
brusquely, "Where does your mistress
livci" long experience having taught him
that the cunningest rascals succumb to .
sudden attack. His plan succeeded, and
tho prisoner, blushing and confused,
promptly replied that "Mlle. Lotti was
chnmbermad in tho house of M. Adolph
Rosenstock, rue des Trois Tambours.
ut is enough" cried Nj. Hcveder; ''re-
conduct him to his cell"
Then he gave the telcgraphic order to
arrest this Mile. Lotti and make the mi
nutest inquiry regarding her affairs.
Shortly afterward she arrived at the Office
OF tho magistrate In charge Of q commits
sioncr OF police. He had searched her
apartments as directed, and in the drawer
of n commodc had found seven forins,
twenty-five kreutzers, which he had i'm
modiatcly coniiscated
"Goodl ~ said the magistrate; ''you can
retire" Then, turning to the tremblips
Lotti and stcrnly regarding her, he a.
manded:
"Whcrc is the restr'
"What rest," cried Mle Lotti; ''what
arc you talking about!"
"The 9,yJ3 florins and IS kreutzers," re-
piled the Judge; 'you must give them to
me-"
~ do not understand you; what do you
meant L"
"Do not wish to confessl So be it. /
will soon refresh your memory. Whence
did you come by train this morning"
'My native village" replied the girl,
"where had been to see my father"
"And of what were you talking to the
conductor last nghtl You see that know
all-all, you understandable you need not
trouble yourself to lie."
"Mon Dieur' calculated Lott, her face
becoming scarlet; "but it was not my fault,
Monsieur, he has paid court to me for u
long time, and has promised to marry me
-,
"Then where is the money concealedw
''Thc money!" echoed Lotti, with look
of bcwilderment.
Eyes, the money he STOLE" shouted Hev-
eder, in laundering voice.
''Stolcr' bursting into tears; "oh the
monster and he told ne had laid by small
sum by economzng, and as soon as it was
one hundred forns we would be married" :"
BY this time M. Heveder was furious.
'Tell me at once" he cried, "without q
moments delay, where you have concealed
those ten thousand horins."
~ know nothing about them; l never
heard of them before ~
"Then what was it you gave the conduc-
tor."
"Only package of cherries from the
farm, monsieur"
"Cherres cherries from the farm! A
lkoly story, truly. However, we will see
If it is cherries tomorrow. Until then you
shall remain in prison;' and sobbing and
crying as if her heart would break, Mile.
Lotti was returned to the care of the COM
missioner of police and led away to prison.
'Bring the prisoner Czato," cried the ex-
amining magistrate as Lotti passed from the
chamber. NJ. Czato could scarcely stand as
he entered the august presence; grief and
terror had worn him to u shadow. Accord.
ing to his custom, Heveder lost not G
second, but brusquely demanded "Th6
name of your mistressp'
"Mistress!" shouted Czato, outraged be.
yond endurance; II would have you know,
M. le judge, that I am married man
What if my wife should hear you talk like
this!
"She will hear me unless you tell me the
| name of the woman you love; in which case
promise that she shall hear nothing of it.'
II love only my wife, save your honor,
| persisted Cato, 'and do not understand
| your question at all"
"What a scoundrel!" thought Hcveder to
himself; "it's very clear that 1 must be
sharper with him than with that poor devi,
| of n conductor: nevertheless I shall find
him out. In the meantime, Czato," he con-
tinued, turning to the unhappy steward,
| you must remain in your cell until have
need of you"
| A moment later the name of Nine. CzatC
was announced to M. Heveder. The wife
of NJ Saraglyai's steward was q very reso
lutte woman, and as nature had endowed
her with charms Of all lsinds-large hands
strong lungs and a tongue we'll hung in the
middle-she opened the campaign at once
by overwhelming the magistrate with
questions, all ending in the same refrain
"How did he dare to so maltreat an honest
| man."
"Pray be seated, madam said the judge
with polteness; sit is my painful duty tt
prove to you that your husband deceives
you, and has done so for long time"
SIT is impossible; we celebrated our silver
wedding year ago, anu tell you that he
| can not deceive me.'
"And say that he does" emphatically
declared Heveder. "When your husband
left you yesterday he took with him the
woman he loves and the 10000 forins as
we'll, which he should have remitted to his
proprietaire.
'The 10000 forins" interrupted Nine
Czato, "but he did not take them"
"What! Did not take them?"
"No, not at all; he left them lying in the
| little office. He had drank more than was
good for him, and he forgot all about the
money-bag. The next day the cashier acci
dentally discovered the omission and tele
| graphed the amount to his Highness, NJ
Saraglyai."
"Impossiblew cried the magistrate, be
side himself with rage; "you lie to me-you
shall go to prison with all the rest"
| .'Go to prison" exclaimed Nine. Cato
swell, not if know it; do you take me fol
d foola If you don't believe me telegraph
his Highness yourself. Go to prison indeed
i see myself doing it!' And planting hel
arms akimbo she faced the noted criminalst
with look in her eyes that said as plainly
as words ''Try it il you dare!" And with
the sagacity of great mind Heveder saw
at once that he had unjustly accused thu
prisoners, and the women as well. Never
thelcss, by way OF precauion, he tele
| graphed Mons. Dyomis Saraglyai, who i'm
mediately confirmed the facts as given by
| Nine. Cato. There was of course nothint
to be done but to set the prisoners at liberty
| 'Ycu can see for YOURSELF" said he, a
he was signing their release on the gaol
book, ''with what absolute accuracy my
system works. From the first said: 'Seel
the woman!' Well, found her, and from
that moment the mysterious robbery of tn,
| grad railway was made clear."-Irdny